Improvement in edge-protecting welts for boots and shoes



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Edge-Protecting Weltsvfor Boots and Shoes. NO. 143,623, Patented 0ct.14,1873.

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UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN GREEN, or BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR To HIMSELF AND JOSEPH BAOH, on NEW YOK, N. Y.

lMPROVEMENT IN EDGE-PROTECTING WELT'S FOR BOOTS AND SHOE S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 143,623, dated October14, 1873; application file September 6, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, JOHN GREEN, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Edge-ProtectingWelt for Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification:

My invention consists in making the protecting welts, for the lowerouter edges of the uppers of boots and shoes, of a strip of narrowleather, or other suitable substance, whereby I economize considerablyin material and labor over the method of forming said welt by hollowingout a sole-piece, as heretofore done.

Figure l is partly a side elevation and partly a sectional elevation ofa shoe constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a weltconstructed and prepared for applying it to the shoe according to myinvention. Fig. 3

is a plan of the welt bent to the required shape for fastening to theinsole. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the welt. Fig. 5 is a linerepresenting the form of the knife-blade which I use for rabbeting theleather strip to raise the protecting welt; Fig. 6 is a cross-section ofa strip, showing a plan of cutting two welts from one strip of leatherwithout waste, and Fig. 7 is a line representing the shape of the cutterfor cutting said strip.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre- A protectingwelt, A, ofleather, raisedup along the lower outer edge B of the upper, has beenheretofore used for protecting said upper from wear in contact with hardobjects to which it is greatly exposed, particularly in the case ofchildrens shoes; but said welt has been formed by hollowing out theupper surface of a sole-piece of leather put onto the shoe between theinsole and the outer one specially for the purpose, thus adding onelayer of leather to'the sole and increasing the cost more than isnecessary, for the middle portion of the additional layer is not neededfor the sole, and is of no use to the welt. I

therefore propose to form this welt of a long any waste of materialwhatever.

narrow strip of leather, or other suitable material, wide enough forthe, said welt A and a breadth, 0, inside of it, sufficient for sewingthrough, together with the soles for fastening them all together. Inmaking the welt I take a strip of sole-leather long enough to extend allaround as far back as the shank, and, say, from a half to three-quarterssplitting, skiving, or other machine against a cutter-blade, a, of theform represented in Fig. 5, rabbet the part 0 down as much thinner thanthe thickness of the strip as I want the protecting-welt to rise upalong the edge of the upper; then I'cut out the gores D where I want tobend the strip for the corners of the sole, and bend the strip to theform of the sole, as in Fig. 3, and tack the part 0 onto the upper B andthe insole E, preparatory to sewing the whole, including the sole F,together. By

another plan I take a little wider strip of leather, Fig. 6, and out iton a blade, 1), Fig.7, so contrived in its form that it will split thestrip so as to form two complete welts without Thus I do not only saveconsiderable in material, but also in labor, for the welt can be madequicker in this manner than in the other. If the welt is made ofindia-rubber or gutta-percha, it will be molded into the required shapeinstead of being out, as above described but generally it will be madeof leather.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patcut- The welt A for the protection of the shoeupper,formed of a long narrow strip of leather or other material rabbeted onthe upper side to receive the upper, and bent or molded to conform tothe shape or outline of the sole,

substantially as specified.

, JOHN GREEN.

Witnesses:

T. B. MosnER, A. P. THAYER.

of an inch wide, more or less, and by running it through a

